Originally Posted by
79pmooney
OP, how many stops? Stops are the killers. If this is 20 miles you can roll, that's not so bad, but a dozen lights will make it a lot worse.
Maybe you could do some mini low gear sprints off the light? No luck getting around this in the NYC area. Only repreive is the Hudson Greenway but you still have to slow down at times and watch out for others there as well.